◇ image via WikipediaMory Kanté
Mory Kanté is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Barbara Kanam, Hardfloor and Salif Keita. Those roots explain a lot about how Mory Kanté arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toumani Diabaté, Bembeya Jazz National, Ofra Haza, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Amadou & Mariam, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amadou & Mariam, Albano Carrisi, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Victor Démé and Hardfloor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Mory Kanté, reaching back through Barbara Kanam and forward to Amadou & Mariam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mory Kanté connections
Mory Kanté grew out of Barbara Kanam, Hardfloor and Salif Keita, shares an orbit with Toumani Diabaté, Bembeya Jazz National, Ofra Haza and Tiken Jah Fakoly, went on to shape Amadou & Mariam, Albano Carrisi, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Victor Démé. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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